# New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (KUWL)

**New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport** (ICAO: KUWL) is a small airport in New Castle, Indiana, United States. It opened in Sep 1971. It has one runway, 4,201 ft (1,281 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuwl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KUWL
- FAA: UWL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: New Castle, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Sep 1971
- Elevation: 1,090 ft / 332 m
- Coordinates: 39.8759, -85.3265
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,201 ft / 1,281 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Website: https://www.cityofnewcastle.net/department/?structureid=66
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle-Henry_County_Municipal_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14688680
- Weather station: KUWL
- Ident: KUWL

## Timeline

- Sep 1971: New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 4,201 ft / 1,281 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,201 ft / 1,281 m | =8,984 of 29,858 | =3,437 in North America | =2,844 in US |
| Elevation | 1,090 ft / 332 m | #16,358 of 43,403 | #7,192 in North America | #5,693 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | INDIANAPOLIS APP/DEP | 135.450 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuwl/data